Topsail Island Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Guion Lee III
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 7 months ago

Bonito bite is on fire. With Black Sea bass and big sheep's head on the wrecks. The fishing for reds and black drum has been steady as well on cut bait, and tip water during during the mid day suns.

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Guion Lee III Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 7 months ago

Bonito bite is on fire. With Black Sea bass and big sheep's head on the wrecks. The fishing for reds and black drum has been steady as well on cut bait, and tip water during during the mid day suns.

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Luke Moser
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 7 months ago

The red drum have started to break up from their winter schools and have become much more active. Catching fish on cut baits and fresh shrimp as well as artificial and top water baits. The black drum bite has been very productive catching fishing along boat docks fishing fresh shrimp....

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Luke Moser Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 7 months ago

The red drum have started to break up from their winter schools and have become much more active. Catching fish on cut baits and fresh shrimp as well as artificial and top water baits. The black drum bite has been very productive catching fishing along boat docks fishing fresh shrimp. The near shore action has by far been the best. The Atlantic bonito have shown up and have been all up and down the beach trolling deep divers and casting at fish on the surface. There have been a few Spanish mackerel around but the numbers have not shown up but expect to see them any day now!

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Jason Garay
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 8 months ago

Bottom fishing offshore has been good. Big-size sea bass, grunts and the like

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Jason Garay Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 8 months ago

Bottom fishing offshore has been good. Big-size sea bass, grunts and the like

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Jordan Vass
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 2 years ago

Good Spanish mackerel fishing. Long mackerels are starting to show up

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Jordan Vass Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 2 years ago

Good Spanish mackerel fishing. Long mackerels are starting to show up

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Dave Wood
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 2 years ago

Weather's been fair and when we can get out the sea bass fishing has been outstanding. Limit out in an hour. All bigger than average fish.

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Dave Wood Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 2 years ago

Weather's been fair and when we can get out the sea bass fishing has been outstanding. Limit out in an hour. All bigger than average fish.

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Dave Wood
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple weeks the wind has kept some from getting out and fishing but when the weather has cooperated fishing had been producing some nice fish. Trolling for Pelagic's has been spotty and when you do find them numbers have been down compared to previous seasons. Bottom fishing when...

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Dave Wood Wilmington, North Carolina Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple weeks the wind has kept some from getting out and fishing but when the weather has cooperated fishing had been producing some nice fish. Trolling for Pelagic's has been spotty and when you do find them numbers have been down compared to previous seasons. Bottom fishing when you find your spot has been extremely good producing keeper gag grouper and for some reason lots of cobia. Almost every bottom trip produces keeper size cobia. Many of us agree that our cooler than usual spring that went straight to intense summer heat may have derailed some of the usual migration of certain species. That being said last few days those missing fishing are starting to show.

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